Naomie Barnes (Memorial University of Newfoundland) was awarded the second prize for the Polly Stewart Travel Stipend.
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Katie Bennett (Western Kentucky University) received first prize for the 2023 Polly Stewart Student Travel Stipend.
The AFS Nominating Committee has announced its slate candidates for each available office in the AFS 2023 election.
The American Folklore Society is pleased to announce changes to the staffing of the Journal of American Folklore and composition of its editorial team. Lorraine Walsh Cashman has agreed to serve as the journal’s first Senior Managing Editor, and Emma Bussard, a folklore master’s student at George Mason University (GMU), will be the new Editorial Assistant.
Prize application season continues! The AFS Newsletter will alert you to new calls for applications, but you can check anytime on our round up of all AFS prizes and news, including new calls for applications that are posted as they are released. Deadline: September
The Folk Belief and Religious Folklife Section of AFS awarded the first ever Leonard Normal Primiano Graduate Student Travel Award to IU graduate student Fionnán Mac Gabhann.
The Women’s Section and Independent Folklorists’ Section are happy to announce that Dr. Ojaswini Hooda is the winner of the $1,000 joint section annual meeting award prize for 2023.
Congratulations to Samantha Brown (University of Oregon) who received the Sue Samuelson Award for best student paper on food and foodways.
The 2023 Summer issue (v. 136, no. 541) of the JAF: A Global Quarterly will be available online and will arrive in mailboxes soon. The issue includes three articles, four obituaries, numerous book reviews, and a featured project essay.
AFS joins colleagues and organizations at ACLS and AAA to respond to the Supreme Court’s Recent Ruling on Affirmative Action.